CLYMER CENTER CEMETERY

CLYMER, NY

Clymer Center Cemetery is located on the south side of the Clymer
Center Road (also known as Ravlin Hill Road), several yards east of the
intersection of Clymer Center Road with NYS Rte. 474. The cemetery is immediately
east of The Little Red Schoolhouse.
Land for the burying-ground was purchased August 28, 1838, by
Moses Randall, trustee, from Matthew and Sally Wiard. In early summer of
1872, the Clymer Centre Cemetery Association was formed. At that
time, the grounds were enlarged and improved. The first trustees of this
association were H.A. Dales, Enoch Marshall, Samuel Maxwell, Ralph Pettit,
Jr., George Smith, Walter W. Smith, and William Vrooman.
For many, many years the cemetery was bordered on the south,
west, and north by large maple trees. In the early 1990s it became necessary
to remove the trees on the north, or front, side of the cemetery. Nancy
Westerburg, owner of The Little Red Schoolhouse, and her students have
planted new trees each spring in an effort to restore the pleasing tree-bordered
ambiance of this burial ground.
The listing of those who are buried in this cemetery begins at
the west end of the cemetery, next to the iron fence that separates the
cemetery from the schoolhouse property. Each row begins at the south, or
back, side of the cemetery.
This information was collected in 1995 and updated in 1997 by
Thelma TenHuisen Heil.
Section A (West side)
Row 1 (A short row by the fence; row does not begin at the south edge
of the property)
SCOTT, Robert E. 1883-1950
Emma 1889-no death date engraved
HARMON, Chauncy d. 19 Aug 1855, age 66 years
(Next a broken stone in the bushes bt the fence)
VROOMAN, William 1835-1906
Caroline 1842-1872
Emma 1846-1906
VROOMAN, Mary 12 Jun 1842 to 20 Jan 1890
Jane d. 23 Aug 1889, age 73y6m15d
VROOMAN, Adam 18 Sept 1773 to 21 Jun 1838
Eve GROOT, wife of Adam,16 Oct 1777 to 27 Mar 1839
VROOMAN, Jacob d. 26 Nov 1874, age 75y6m0d
Hannah D., wife of Jacob, d. 15 Oct 1871, age 77y1m0d
SMITH, William d. 7 Mar 1838? age ?
Orpha, wife of William, d. 30 Jan 1849, age 87 years
SMITH, William, son of Walter W., d. 21 Jun 1864, age 20y9m0d
Pvt. Co. H, 112th Regt., NY Vols
SMITH, Walter W. 5 Jun 1810 to 9 Nov 1894
Lydia, wife of Walter, 7 Jul 1813 to 1 Sept 1872